Table 4.

Five-year total cases and incidence rates for brain and other CNS tumors by histology group and age at diagnosis in children and adolescents (aged 0–19 years), 2009–2013, per 100000 per year, adjusted for the 2011 Canadian census age distribution

Histology	0–4 Years			5–9 Years			10–14 Years			15–19 Years
	5-Year Total	Rate	95% CI	5-Year Total	Rate	95% CI	5-Year Total	Rate	95% CI	5-Year Total	Rate	95% CI
Tumors of neuroepithelial tissue	315	3.91	3.49, 4.36	270	3.44	3.04, 3.87	190	2.28	1.96, 2.62	190	2.02	1.74, 2.33
Pilocytic astrocytoma	65	0.81	0.62, 1.03	80	1.02	0.81, 1.27	60	0.72	0.55, 0.93	45	0.48	0.35, 0.64
Diffuse astrocytoma	20	0.25	0.15, 0.38	20	0.25	0.16, 0.39	15	0.18	0.10, 0.30	15	0.16	0.09, 0.26
Glioblastoma	10	0.12	0.06, 0.23	15	0.19	0.11, 0.32	10	0.12	0.06, 0.22	20	0.21	0.13, 0.33
Ependymal tumors	50	0.62	0.46, 0.82	15	0.19	0.11, 0.32	15	0.18	0.10, 0.30	20	0.21	0.13, 0.33
Glioma malignant, NOS	55	0.68	0.51, 0.89	50	0.64	0.47, 0.84	35	0.42	0.29, 0.58	30	0.32	0.22, 0.46
Embryonal tumors	100	1.24	1.01, 1.51	65	0.83	0.64, 1.06	35	0.42	0.29, 0.58	20	0.21	0.13, 0.33
Medulloblastoma	45	0.56	0.41, 0.75	55	0.70	0.53, 0.91	25	0.30	0.19, 0.44	15	0.16	0.09, 0.26
Other neuroepithelial tumors	15	0.19	0.10, 0.31	25	0.32	0.21, 0.47	20	0.24	0.15, 0.37	40	0.42	0.30, 0.58
Tumors of meninges	5	0.06	0.02, 0.15	10	0.13	0.06, 0.23	5	0.06	0.02, 0.14	5	0.05	0.02, 0.12
	10	0.12	0.06, 0.23	10	0.13	0.06, 0.23	30	0.36	0.24, 0.51	30	0.32	0.22, 0.46
Unclassified tumors	15	0.19	0.10, 0.31	5	0.06	0.02, 0.15	10	0.12	0.06, 0.22	15	0.16	0.09, 0.26
All others	5	0.06	0.02, 0.15	5	0.06	0.02, 0.14	5	0.06	0.02, 0.14	0	-	-
Total	350	4.34	3.90, 4.82	300	3.82	3.40, 4.28	240	2.88	2.52, 3.26	240	2.55	2.24, 2.89